National Republican., 1887-12-19

pnybchl nealtn 10 90 down beyond repair.
ship which ought, with all sail set and every
man at his posi-, to be carrying rich cargo for
eternity employing all its meu In stopping up
leakegesl When you may. through the gym
nasium, W rk OF your spleen and your querul-
GUINNESS and one-bali your ply ysical aud mental
ailments, do otturn your back upon such
WaDd medicameDt.
Still further: commend to you q large class
of parlor games and Tecrcations There Is a
way Of making our homes q hundred-fold
more attractive than they are now. Those
awsy from outside designations unless they
make the domestic circle brighter than any
thing they can find outside OF II. Do not,
.bec and win baf @ sna uhymPs os pa
cause OF the sportfnlness of your children.
You were young once yourself; let your chit
dren be young; Because yonr eyes are dtm
sportfulness in those upon whose eyes there is
the first luster and in whose foot there Is the
bounding Joy Of robust health; thank God
there are innumerable games and sports which
have not upon them the least taint of iuiquity
Light up ali your homes with innocent blari.
ties, Do not sit down with the rheumatism,
wondering how children can 60 on so. Rather
thank God that their hearts are so light, aud
,he,r ,he,r Laughter Is SO free and that
RF sasse so are FqSdy 50 radiant a ss ss
night will come soon enough, and
the heaithreak, and the paug. and the desoa-
iion.it will come soon enough for the dear
children. But when the storm actually clouds
the sky, II will be time enough for you TO haul
out your reef tackles Carry, then, into your
homes not only the innocent sports aud games
which are the inventions Of our own day, but the
games which come down with the sportfulness
Of all the past ages-chess aud charades and
tabeaux and battedoro and calisthenlcs and
lawn tennis, and all those nmusements which
the young people Of our homes know SO well
how 10 conirive. Then there will be the pirlor
socialtles-g groups of people as embled ia your
homes, homes with VII and minicIy aud joyiality.
manleI, and from the carpet TO the ceiling.
oh, is there any exhilaration like score OF
genial souls IN one room, each one adding a
contribution Of his own individual merriment
10 the aggregation of general hilaIi.y?
suppose you want to go abroad iu tho city.
then you Will find the panorama and ths art
gallery and exquisite collections OF pictures.
You viii find the Metropolitan Museum and
the Historical Society rooms full OF rare curl
osities, ana cores OF places which can stand
paniy .he t wha Is rSht and Tso9g II
which has been .honcred by The names oil
Agassiz IN natural history, Doremus In chem
is,ry, Boynlon In geology, Mitchell In astron
scores and hundreds of men who h I've p)lrei
their wit and genius and ingenuity through
that particular channel uuou the hearts and
copscfcnces, and imaginati0ns oil men, settfug
this country fny years farther IN advance
than IL would have been without the lecture
platform.
rejoice In the popularization OF outdoor
sports. hail the croqnet ground aud the
flshermans rod and the saortsm ans gun. In
our cities life is 10 unhealthy and unnatural
that when the census takcr represents city rs
having four, hundred thousand inhabitants.
there are only Two hundred thousand, since 1t
takes at least two men TO amount to one mau,
SO depleting and unnerying and exhausting IS
air, more sunlight, more of the abandon OF
field sports. CRY out for II In behalf OF the
church of God az well as in behalf Of secular
interests. 1 wish that thB winter our ponds
and our rivers and our capitoline grounds
might be all aquake with the heel and the
shout OF the swift skater. l wish that when
might dip the stream, and the evening tide be
resonant with the boatman's song, the bright
prov splitting the crystalline billow. We shall
have the smooth and grassy lawn, and we will
sions and ask them to Join in the ball players
sport. You Will come back from these outdoor
exercises and recreations with. strength in
your arm, and color In your cheek. aud a flash
In your eye, and courage In your heart. In
this great battle that is opening against the
kingdom of darkness we want not only con-
and mighty muscle. l bless God that there
are so many recreations that have not on them
any taint of Neutrality-suspicious. In which we
may. engage for the strenRthening of the body,
for the clearing Of the Intellect, for the liumi.
nation OF the soul.
There is still another form of recreation
pleasure Of u doing good 20 have seen YOUNG ing
men, weak and cross and sour and repelling
in their disposition, who by one heavenly
touch have Weakened up and become blessed
the sky over their heads breaking forth Into
music. oh says some young man In the
house. house I, to-day, should like that recreation
MY dear brother, let us take an account OF
To hs opy reaEze hsvs dsrSs s
You will have, perhaps, during the next year
at leas. ten dollars for charitable contribution.
You Will have twenty-five hundred cheerful
looks, u you want to employ them Yon will
have five thonsand pleasant words. If you
want to speak them. Now, what an am )unt
that is TO start with
You 60 cut to.morr9w morning and you see
give him two cents The blind man hears the
pennies rattle In his hat. an, he says: "rhrnk
you, sir; God bless YOU You mass down lhe
from the f veiy DEPTHS Of Your son p' S1s ,Gs
sGtish ction That .yon made that man happy.
You go on still farther aud find a poor by
with wheelbarrow, trying to get It up on
Fay, Stand back, my lad, let me try" You
push Il up on the cnfbstonc for him aud pass
on. He wonders who that W ll-iresScd man
the boy. but you did grAa, Joy to your own
soul. You will not get over 1t all the week.
ON The street, to. moriog mor9ipg;, you will
can @fn Do 70 @sse ssSnF Fis man or 6sppy
He certainly docs. not want money; he. Is no.
poor, but he. is sick" Give him one Of those
twenty-five hundred cheerful looks that yon
have gaInercd up for the whole year. Look
10y and horefnlness into his soul. 1t wllthrill
him through, and there will be O reaction upon
your own soul. Going little farther on, you
barrassed in business matters. You will go in
and say, "What fine store you have | think
bnsiness will brighten up, and you will have
coming great prosperity to ali the country.
Good morning" You pass out, You have
belped that young man. and you, have
hepSd SOp5HselHf Hrs AnG that night home
litte you laugh a little; you say. ~ really
don't know what is the matter with me; /
never felt 50 splendidly in my liie;" 1 VIII
only cents out of the $40; you have con-
tribpted ore out OF the $500 cheerful looks;
yon have given ten; fifteen. or twenty OF the
during the year; you have with your own
hands helped the boy with the wheelbarrow,
and you feel In body, mind, aud soul the
was the happier, Col. Gardiner, who sat with
his elbow on a table spread with all extrava-
CANT yiands, looking Of a dog on the, rug,
with him-I be the dog and he. be Col, Girdi
ner; or those two Moravian missionaries who
wa TanteG ted to- Into the szaret,o for
will never come out. We never allow any one
to come out for he would bring the coata-
the sef anS thsn 10 wsp e
Which was the 'happier-Col. Gardiner or the
Moravian missionaries dying for others? Was
II all sacrifice when the missionaries wanted
10 bring the Gospel to the, negroes at the Bar.
bsdoes, ano, being denied the privilege, sold
themselves into slavery, standing side by side,
and lying side by side down In the very ditch
% fsufieripg, In order that they might bring
hose men up to life and God and heaven? Oh,
here is athrill In the Joy of doing gootl II Is
The most magnificent recreation to which a
man ever puts his hand or his head or his heart.
But, before closing, want TO impress upon
you that mere secular entertainments are not
III foundation for your soul to build on.
was reading OF q woman who had gone all
the rounds OF sinful amusement and she
came to die. She sal I, n Will die tonight ut
o'clock" "ob," they said, ~ guess not;
>ou don't seem TO b. sick" II shall die NJ q
o'clock, and my soul will be lost i know 1t
will be lost. have siuned away my day of
grace" The noon came. They desired TO
,eek religious counsel.
uOh ~ she snid IL Il of M uSe Nv lay a.